60 Words of Looking Forward, Cultivate Confidence and Focus on Goals

Kapanlagi.com - Looking forward means being able to make peace with the past and being able to focus on goals. At first glance, this sounds simple, even trivial. However, words of looking forward are not as easy as they sound. There are still many other things to consider.

Even so, there are people who get trapped in the stories of the past. Sad or happy stories both have the potential to trap you. Words of looking forward come as an effort to neutralize the negative influence of the past stories.

If you are unable to turn the past into a source of motivation in the present, you just need to focus on the goals ahead. There is no need to rush, read the following words of looking forward, and enjoy your journey towards your goals.

1. Looking Forward Quotes

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For some people, the future may seem like a daunting emptiness. Such a perspective can arise if you don't have a plan and motivation. Well, so that you can be brave, find motivation through the following quotes about looking forward.

1. "Every saint has a past (which may not be good) and every sinner has a future (which may be much better)." - Oscar Wilde

2. "We may be disappointed with what has happened, but never lose hope for a better future." - Bambang Pamungkas

3. "Do not look into the future with blind eyes. The past is much more useful as a lighthouse than the future." - Soekarno

4. "Don't look back. You're not going that way."

5. "Understand your past, live this moment, dream of your future." - Maxime Lagace

6. "Do not be afraid of the future, do not cry for the past." - Percy Bysshe Shelley

7. "Don't look back. You will miss what is in front of you."

8. "The future is truly open and we write it from time to time." - Pema Chodron

9. "The future always begins now." - Mark Strand

10. "The future belongs to those who provide hope for the next generation." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

11. "Discipline has the potential to create miracles in the future." - Jim Rohn

12. "Don't look back unless it's a good view." - Tupac Shakur

13. "I may walk slowly, but I never walk backward." - Abraham Lincoln

14. "Don't look back! Because a bright future is ahead of you." - Joel Brown

15. "Don't look back, there is nothing in the past. Look to the future and win."

16. "The future comes slowly, the present passes, and the past remains silent forever." - Friedrich Schiller

17. "The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways." - Robert Greene

18. "Don't look back. Something might be chasing you." - Satchel Paige

19. "Looking back makes you regret. Looking forward gives you opportunities."

20. "Study the past if you want to determine the future." - Confucius

2. Looking Forward Quotes to Build Confidence

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One thing that makes someone not want to look forward is that there is still something very meaningful in the past. You should not continuously glorify past glory. Now, it's time for you to read the words of looking forward and trust everything in your brilliant self.

21. "Don't look back and ask why? Look forward and ask why not?" - Neil Patel

22. "There are things far, far better ahead than what we leave behind." - CS Lewis

23. "You cannot start the next chapter in your life if you keep re-reading the last one."

24. "What is to come is better than what is gone." - Arabic Proverb

25. "Just because the past didn't turn out like you wanted it to, doesn't mean the future can't be better than you imagined."

26. "A person can change their future by changing their attitude." - Earl Nightingale

27. "Don't let the shadows of the past darken the doorstep of your future."

28. "Don't let fear determine your future."

29. "When looking back no longer interests you, you're doing something right."

30. "You can't change what has already happened, so choose to look forward rather than backward."

31. "Let us not look back in anger or forward in fear, but around in awareness." - James Thurber

32. "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." - Eleanor Roosevelt

33. "Don't waste your time looking back at what you've lost. Move on, life is not meant to be walked backwards."

34. "Let hope inspire you, but don't let idealism blind you. Don't look back, you can never look back." - Don Henley

35. "I try not to look back because looking forward is so much better than looking back." - Jim Bakker

36. "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting from experience." - George Washington

37. "Never look back. Nothing changes there."

38. "I never look back. I look forward." - Steffi Graf

39. "Never look back at things that once destroyed you. Look to the future."

40. "Always look forward, never look back." - Miles Davis

3. Looking Forward Quotes and Focusing on Goals

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Painful shadows behind cannot be easily eliminated. However, if left unchecked, it will disturb your goals. Therefore, you need to read the following words of looking forward in order to start focusing on your goals.

41. "Sometimes, the bravest thing you can do is never look back."

42. "Stop looking back when the future is ahead of you." - Ricky Maye

43. "Enjoy the time you have now. Live in the present and never look back."

44. "Never look back or you will fall off the stairs." - Rudyard Kipling

45. "There is no reason to look back when you have so much to look forward to."

46. "Look at life through the windshield, not the rearview mirror." - Byrd Baggett

47. "Growth means choosing happiness over history, and never looking back again."

48. "Don't fear tomorrow or regret the past. Live for what is now and never look back."

49. "Never look back unless you're planning to go there." - Henry David Thoreau

50. "Never look back, reminisce about yesterday, but smile for the future, tomorrow is a new day."

51. "Never look back. If Cinderella went back to pick up her shoe, she wouldn't have become a princess."

52. "Looking back won't help you. Moving forward is what you should do." - McKayla Maroney

53. "Never look back, focus on what's more important. Maybe you don't get what you want right now, but one day you will get it."

54. "The further back you look, the further forward you can see." - Winston Churchill

55. "I don't live in the past. I live for today and tomorrow." - Thomas A. Edison

56. "The future is the most important; that's why I don't often look back." - Bill Gates

57. "In the language of meditation, the past is gone, the future hasn't come, the present is the only gift available." - Gede Prama

58. "We become wise not by our past memories, but by our responsibility for our future." - George Bernard Shaw

59. "Learn from the past, because that's where God gives many clues for future tests." - Alit Susanto

60. "Dreams are not destiny, but a compass. It's not a command, but a commitment. It doesn't determine the future, but a vehicle to mobilize resources and energy for building the future." - Peter F. Drucker

KLovers, those are words to look forward that make you focus on goals and slowly forget what's behind.

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